Finding America's economic hotspots
Where are America’s economic hotspots? If you answer that question based solely on what politicians or pundits say, you might well get it wrong. You might think that Sunbelt states consistently... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Common core not perfect but starting over isn't the answer
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 26, 2014. North Carolina school systems have spent the better part of the past three years preparing for yet another seismic shift in education standards and... Read More
Who should pay?
Editorial by Greensboro News-Recod, April 27, 2014. North Carolina school systems are asking local taxpayers for more support. County commissioners, or voters, will decide yes or no. Guilford County... Read More
The Newby wink: weighing the effects of generous campaign contributions and judicial gratitude
by Gene Nichol, UNC Professor who doesn't speak for the University, published in News and Observer, April 26, 2014. The constitutional pronouncements of the U.S. Supreme Court sometimes present... Read More
Tax cuts have hindered - not spurred - NC economy
Editorial by News and Observer, April 26, 2014. North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers are holding up the latest jobs report like long-ridiculed Bigfoot hunters who’ve come down the mountain with... Read More
Senate GOP candidates: Differences are subtle but real
One week before the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, the differences between the candidates appear subtle. Two televised debates did little to separate them on major policy issues. All oppose a... Read More
Easter week shows who's savvy and who isn't in NC politics
One of the cardinal rules of politics and public relations is that bad news should be released before a big holiday weekend, and good news is trumpeted when people are paying attention. So the Easter... Read More
Let's make DHHS accountable for Medicaid
From N.C. District 96 Rep. Andy Wells, a Republican from Hickory who is running unopposed for the N.C. Senate District 42 seat: Medicaid is the biggest, fastest growing program in state government... Read More
McCrory's Core test
Will Governor McCrory stand up to the rising Republican revolt against Common Core (they call it “Obamacore”)? Rushing to pander to the Tea Party, Republican legislators who once embraced the... Read More
Forest jumps gun on Common Core. Where is McCrory?
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest has made repealing the Common Core education standards one of the crusades of his office, solidifying his hero status on the Tea Party Right in the Republican Party. So... Read More
